Open evening for new recruits to the Army Reserve on Tuesday

7 Rifles being instructed on searching techniques during a training exercise in Denmark

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Brock Barracks is throwing open its gates next Tuesday at an open evening for potential recruits to the Army Reserve.

HQ Company 7 Rifles hopes to showcase the 220 roles available including chefs, medics, engineers and of course infantrymen.

Visitors will be able to speak to the soldiers and see some of the latest kit and equipment used by the British Army.

Reservist soldiers and officers are trained ready to serve and capable of deployment alongside their Regular counterparts.

Formerly known as the Territorial Army, members are now known as the Army Reserve as part of the Government's Army 2020 announcements this summer. They are tasked with doubling the Reserve force to 30,000 by 2018 while the Regular Army is being cut.

As part of that there is an additional £1.8 billion investment for high quality training, increasing pay through a paid annual leave entitlement, providing more modern equipment and giving the soldiers better access to welfare support and health services.

The event at the centre in Oxford Road, West Reading, is between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.

For more information search 'Join the TA' online or call 0845 600 8080